NonprofitsWildlife Conservation Society

Animal-Related

Wildlife Conservation Society

BRONX, NY

Total revenue

$389.2M

Total expenses

$448.9M

Net assets

$887.4M

Grants received

$260.1M

1,725 grants

EIN

131740011

Tax year

2023

Mission

The wildlife conservation society (wcs) saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.

Programs

1 program

Zoos and Aquarium in New York City: The Wildlife Conservation Society runs four zoos (Bronx Zoo, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, Queens Zoo) and the New York Aquarium in New York City. These parks advance the conservation of wildlife; and engage and educate millions of visitors and students each year to care about nature. Our four zoos and the aquarium welcome about 3,650,000 guests annually; a 10 percent increase since COVID.

Expenses: $195.0M

Financials

FY 2023

Revenue

Contributions & grants$285.4M
Program service revenue$58.6M
Investment income$7.6M
Other revenue$37.6M
Total revenue$389.2M

Expenses

Grants paid$24.4M
Salaries & benefits$217.7M
Fundraising$13.7M
Other expenses$205.4M
Total expenses$448.9M
Total assets$1.3B
Net assets$887.4M

People

50 listed

NameRoleCompensation

Robert G Menzi

EVP Chief Operating Officer

Board

$701K

40 hrs/wk

Paula Hayes

EVP chief of Global Resources

Board

$644K

40 hrs/wk

Monica P Medina

President & CEO Until 4/2/2024

Board

$615K

40 hrs/wk

John F Calvelli

EVP Public Affairs

Board

$606K

40 hrs/wk

James J Breheny

EVP Director of Zoos/Aquarium

Board

$438K

40 hrs/wk

Christopher J McKenzie

SVP General Counsel

Board

$418K

40 hrs/wk

Laura Stolzenthaler

SVP & CFO

Board

$385K

40 hrs/wk

Joseph Walston

EVP Global Conservation

Board

$376K

40 hrs/wk

Robert Calamo

VP & Comptroller Until 1/31/24

Board

$328K

40 hrs/wk

Niko Radjenovic

VP Business Services

Board

$322K

40 hrs/wk

Duncan A Chapman

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Katherine L Dolan

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Christopher J Elliman

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Paul A Gould

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Peter T Grauer

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Jonathan D Green

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Antonia M Grumbach

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

O Andreas Halvorsen

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Judith H Hamilton

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Jan Hatzius

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

John N Irwin III

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Trevor Kempner

Trustee From 10/24/2023

Board

1 hrs/wk

Julia Marton-Lefvre

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Ambrose K Monell

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Adebayo O Ogunlesi

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Juan Manuel Santos

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

David B Schiff

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Walter C Sedgwick

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Katherine Sherrill

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Caroline N Sidnam

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Loretta M Stadler

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Andrew H Tisch

Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Roselinde Torres

Trustee Until 02/28/2024

Board

1 hrs/wk

Marcel van Poecke

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Akiko Yamazaki

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Robert B Zoellick

Trustee

Board

1 hrs/wk

Patrick Mouton

VP & Comptroller From 3/04/24

Board

40 hrs/wk

Alejandro Santo Domingo

Chair & Trustee

Board

4 hrs/wk

Hamilton E James

Vice Chair & Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Thomas J Edelman

Treasurer & Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Elizabeth Ainslie

Secretary & Trustee

Board

2 hrs/wk

Eric Adams

Ex Officio Trustee

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Brad Lander

Ex Officio Trustee

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Adrienne E Adams

Ex Officio Trustee

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Susan Donoghue

Ex Officio Trustee

Board

0.5 hrs/wk

Craig Piper

VP and Director of City Zoos

Staff

$365K

40 hrs/wk

Susan Chin

SVP of Strategy & Advancement

Staff

$322K

40 hrs/wk

Daniel Zarin

E. Director of Forest Programs

Staff

$320K

40 hrs/wk

Jelle Boot

VP Human Resources

Staff

$314K

40 hrs/wk

Stephen Ham

VP of Individual Giving

Staff

$286K

40 hrs/wk

Independent contractors

TURNER CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION

$8.5M

FGI CORPORATION

CONSTRUCTION

$3.3M

KLEEN SWEEP VENTURES INC

Construction

$1.4M

STAGECOACH DIGITAL

Consultants

$992K

di Domenico Partners LLP

Construction

$980K

Grants received

Showing 200 of 1,725

FromAmountPurposeYear
$10.1M
ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION
2024
$9.3M
To support Africa Protected Areas Strategy Implementation
2024
$4.6M
GENERAL OPERATING
2024
$3.0M
ANIMAL-RELATED, ENVIRONMENT
2024
$2M
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2024
$1.7M
TO SUPPORT THE AMAZON WATERS ALLIANCE IN MOBILIZING COLLABORATIVE KNOWLEDGE AND ACTION TO CONSERVE THE INTEGRITY OF AMAZON FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEMS AND TO ADVANCE THE DESIGNATION OF 3 MILLION HECTARES OF UNDESIGNATED PUBLIC FOREST LANDS.
2024
$1.5M
TO ADVANCE CONSERVATION OF PRIORITY TARGETS FOR THE INTEGRITY AND CONNECTIVITY OF FRESHWATERS AND FORESTS IN THE AMAZON BASIN.
2024
$1.2M
NATURE
2024
$1M
$250,000 FOR GENERAL PURPOSES; $250,000 FOR ITS MARINE PROGRAM: $250,000 FOR THE WILDLIFE HEALTH PROGRAM; AND $250,000 FOR THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM
2024
$986K
Conserve Wildlife in desert
2024
$650K
ADVANCING MARINE PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT IN INDONESIA
2024
$650K
BUILDING CAPACITY FOR GLOBAL CONSERVATION FOCUSED ON RIGHTS & COMMUNITIES
2024
$641K
LEUSER ECOSYSTEM PROGRAM, PHASE 2, INDONESIA (YEAR 2 OF 3)
2024
$500K
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS IN AMAZONIAN WATERSHEDS
2024
$450K
IMPROVING ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN THE LOWER MEKONG THROUGH CONSERVATION
2024
$377K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$300K
SUPPORT TO CREATE, EXPAND AND SCALE THE MANAGEMENT OF MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN KENYA, THE PHILIPPINES, SOLOMON ISLANDS, AND BELIZE.
2024
$300K
POVERTY RELIEF
2024
$250K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$250K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION - NATIONAL CONSERVATION PROJECTS, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION PORGRAMS
2024
$250K
WEFCOM PROGRAM, THAILAND (YEAR 3 OF 3)
2024
$229K
COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION & FIRE MANAGEMENT IN THE MAYA FOREST, BELIZE/GUATEMALA (YEAR 2 OF 3)
2024
$219K
COASTAL PATAGONIA, ARGENTINA (YEAR 2 OF 3)
2024
$210K
EMPOWERING SMALL-SCALE FISHING COMMUNITIES IN FISHERIES MANAGEMENT IN KENYA
2024
$200K
PROTECTING MOZAMBIQUES MARINE RESOURCES, COMMUNITY FISHERIES, AND RESILIENCE
2024
$200K
FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINESE MINING SECTOR TO IMPROVE AND INCORPORATE COMMUNITY BENEFIT INTO COUNTRY AND CORPORATE STANDARDS
2024
$200K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$200K
SUPPORT THE DESIGNATION OF THE HUDSON CANYON AS A NATIONAL MARINE SANCTUARY, THE FIRST MARINE PROTECTED AREA IN THE NEW YORK METROPOLITAN AREA, AND SUPPORT FOR THE GLOBAL 30X30 ACCELERATOR IN INDIA, TANZANIA AND ARGENTINA.
2024
$180K
FOR ITS PROJECT TO MAINSTREAM BIODIVERSITY RISK AND IMPACT MANAGEMENT IN GLOBAL INVESTMENT
2024
$150K
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
2024
$150K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$150K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$150K
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION & WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2024
$139K
GENERAL FUND
2024
$125K
SUPPORT TO FACILITATE GIBBON CONSERVATION THROUGH CAPACITY BUILDING, COMMUNITY CONSERVATION, AND SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS.
2024
$113K
ANIMAL-RELATED
2024
$101K
ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION
2024
$100K
CAREER LATTICE PROGRAM
2024
$100K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$100K
UKRANIAN RELIEF EFFORT
2024
$100K
To further educational, religious, medical, cultural, societal and environmental causes.
2024
$100K
PROTECTING PEATLANDS IN
2024
$98K
CONSERVE THE WORLD'S LARGEST WILD PLACES.
2024
$85K
SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY-BASED GORILLA MONITORING AND FINDING LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO APE CONSERVATION.
2024
$81K
TO FURTHER THE ORGANIZATIONS CHARITABLE OBJECTIVES
2024
$80K
INDIVIDUAL GIVING
2024
$79K
SUPPORT FOR IMPROVING THE DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF PATHOGENS FOR THE INTEGRATED GREAT APE AND HUMAN HEALTH PROGRAM.
2024
$76K
SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT
2024
$75K
TO BE USED BY THE ORGANIZATION FOR ITS CHARITABLE PURPOSE.
2024
$75K
CONSERVATION
2024
$70K
SUPPORT TO IMPLEMENT DIVERSE CONSERVATION INTERVENTIONS THROUGH A HUMAN RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH.
2024
$70K
GRANT TO ANOTHER 501(C)(3) ORG
2024
$67K
SUBGRANTS IMPLEMENTED BASED ON FUNDER REQUIREMENTS
2024
$60K
GENERAL SUPPORT, UNRESTRICTED
2024
$50K
THE WCS CAREER LATTICE INTERNSHIP SUPERVISOR TRAINING PROGRAM
2024
$50K
COUNTERING WILDLIFE
2024
$50K
SNOW LEPORADS IN AFGHANISTAN
2024
$50K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$50K
MARINE PROTECTED AREAS PROGRAM
2024
$46K
ACCELERATING INNOVATION FOR ARTISANAL AND SMALL-SCALE MINING
2024
$40K
TO HELP WITH THE EFFORTS TO RID SOUTH AMERICA CAMELIDS OF MANGE.
2024
$40K
TO SUPPORT AN IUCN TASK FORCE ON ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY.
2024
$35K
TO FURTHER DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$30K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$30K
Turtle conservation in Myanmar
2024
$30K
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES
2024
$30K
For general support
2024
$29K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2024
$25K
FOR ITS AMAZON MINING CONVENINGS
2024
$25K
GENERAL PUBLIC SUPPORT
2024
$25K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2024
$25K
FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2024
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$25K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$21K
FIELD CONSERVATION
2024
$21K
TO SUPPORT WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY TO SUPPORT EFFORTS OF REINSTATING ANIMALS THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE IN CRITICAL OR SOON TO BE CRITICAL POPULATIONS
2024
$20K
Vicuna Management Project in Bolivia
2024
$20K
TO CARRY OUT SPECIFIC CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL PROJECTS
2024
$20K
SUMATRAN ELEPHANT GE
2024
$19K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$17K
FOR GENERAL SUPPORT.
2024
$16K
ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL CONSERVATION
2024
$15K
FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT.
2024
$15K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$11K
OPERATING EXPENSES
2024
$10K
PROGRAM SUPPORT
2024
$10K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT PURPOSES
2024
$10K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$10K
GRANT AREA: RESILIENT HABITATS (LAND CONSERVATION EFFORTS)
2024
$10K
GENERAL CHARITABLE
2024
$10K
SOCIAL PURPOSES
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
Ocean Conservation
2024
$10K
ANIMAL CONSERVATION
2024
$10K
GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT
2024
$10K
GENERAL FUND
2024
$8K
CONSERVATION PROGRAM
2024
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$6K
Aims to conserve the worldslarges wild places in 14priority regions
2024
$5K
CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION
2024
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$5K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$5K
TO SUPPORT SAVING WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES WORLDWIDE.
2024
$5K
CONSERVATION WORK IN PATAGONIA
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$5K
TO CONSERVE COUNTLESS VULNERABLE SPECIES AND PLACES AROUND THE WORLD
2024
$5K
CHARITABLE
2024
$5K
GENERAL CHARITY
2024
$5K
FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE RECIPIENT
2024
$5K
EMPLOYEE OR TRUSTEE RECOMMENDED GIFT FOR GENERAL OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
2024
$5K
TO HELP ACTIVITIES OF VAR PUBLIC CHAR INST WHICH ARE EXEMPT UNDER 501 (C)(3)
2024
$5K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$5K
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNRESTRICTED PURPOSES
2024
$5K
TO SUPPORT SAVING WILDLIFE AND WILD PLACES WORLDWIDE.
2024
$3K
SAFEGUARDING BELIZES SMALL-SCALE FISHERIES THROUGH ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT AND ENHANCED STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (TWO-YEAR GRANT)
2024
$3K
TO AID IN THE SUPPORT OF RUNNING FOUR ZOOS AND AN AQUARIUM IN NY WITH GLOBAL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS IN MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES.
2024
$3K
Genreal Unrestricted
2024
$3K
Wildlife Conservation Programs
2024
$3K
To extend financial assistance to worthy organizations.
2024
$2K
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$2K
FIELD PROGRAMS/NY PARKS
2024
$2K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$2K
GENERAL PURPOSES
2024
$2K
TO FUTHER PURPOSE OF CHARITY
2024
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$2K
TO FUND THE RECIPIENT'S OPERATING BUDGET
2024
$2K
General & Capital Purposes, unless noted
2024
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$2K
GENERAL SUPPORT GRANT
2024
$1K
ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING
2024
$1K
GENERAL ACTIVITIES
2024
$1K
General Contribution
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$1K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$750
General purpose, unless otherwise noted
2024
$600
TO PROMOTE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2024
$555
MATCHING GIFT
2024
$555
TO SUPPORT THE CHARITABLE MISSION OF THE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATION
2024
$555
FOR CHARITABLEPURPOSES
2024
$500
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$500
FOR OPERATIONS
2024
$425
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2024
$400
TO FURTHER DONEE'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$365
WCS saves wildlife and wild places worldwide through science, conservation action, education, and inspiring people to value nature.
2024
$325
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$258
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$250
MATCHING GIFTS
2024
$200
GENERAL
2024
$35
PROGRAM SERVICES
2024
$9.1M
ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL PROTECTION
2023
$4.4M
HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$3M
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION
2023
$2.1M
ENVIRONMENTAL PRESERVATION
2023
$1.5M
TO ADVANCE CONSERVATION OF PRIORITY TARGETS FOR THE INTEGRITY AND CONNECTIVITY OF FRESHWATERS AND FORESTS IN THE AMAZON BASIN.
2023
$1.4M
REGENERATIVE & WILDLIFE FRIENDLY FIBERS THAT IMPROVE LIVELIHOODS, CONSERVE WILDLIFE & BUILD RESILIENCE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE IN PATAGONIA; STRENGTHENING MARINE PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT IN THE SOUTHERN GULF OF GUINEA; THE DEPLOYMENT OF EARTH RANGER, A DATA VISUALIZATION & ANALYSIS SOFTWARE TO STRENGTHEN PROTECTED AREA MANAGEMENT EFFECTIVENESS IN AFRICA'S NAT'L PARKS; REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF GOLD MINING ON LOCAL COMMUNITIES PEOPLE & BIOLOGICAL VARIETY IN BOLIVIA; PRIVATE SECTOR & COMMUNITY CONSERVATION CO-MANAGEMENT IN BALJUVAN KEY BIOLOGICAL VARIETY AREA, TAJIKISTAN; UPSCALING USE OF THE SPATIAL MONITORING & REPORTING TOOL IN KYRGYZSTAN; ENABLING PUBLIC POLICY FOR CHILE'S MARINE PROTECTED AREA NETWORK; GUARDIAN VILLAGES: EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES TO MANAGE WETLANDS IN LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; ESTABLISHING NEW MARINE PROTECTED AREAS & EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN URUGUAY; PLANNING GRANT FOR HIGH SEAS MARINE PROTECTED AREAS IN ARGENTINA; CONSERVING PARAGUAYAN CHACO FOR JAGUARS & PEOPLE
2023
$1.3M
ENVIRONMENTAL AND ANIMALS
2023
$1.3M
MARINE STRONGHOLDS/MPA 2030 AND BLUE CARBON
2023
$1.2M
SUPPORT TOWARDS 4 PROJECTS IN LAND CONSERVATION EFFORTS IN LAOS, INDONESIA, AND CUBA AND FEASIBILITY STUDIES
2023
$1M
TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT
2023
$1M
$250,000 FOR GENERAL PURPOSES; $250,000 FOR ITS MARINE PROGRAM: $250,000 FOR THE WILDLIFE HEALTH PROGRAM; AND $250,000 FOR THE NEW YORK AQUARIUM
2023
$800K
NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FOR IMPROVED LIVELIHOODS IN AMAZONIAN WATERSHEDS
2023
$678K
CURRENT USE FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2023
$675K
IMPROVING ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE IN THE LOWER MEKONG
2023
$660K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$655K
LEUSER ECOSYSTEM PROGRAM, PHASE 2, INDONESIA (YEAR 1 OF 3)
2023
$655K
LEUSER ECOSYSTEM PROGRAM, PHASE 2, INDONESIA (YEAR 1 OF 3)
2023
$650K
BUILDING THEMATIC CAPACITY FOR GLOBAL CONSERVATION
2023
$625K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023

Funded by

$260.1M from 594 funders · 1,725 grants · 2017–2024

Gs Donor Advised Philanthropy Fund

$26.7M · 6 grants · 2018–2024

Gordon E And Betty I Moore Foundation

$18.3M · 26 grants · 2020–2024

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc

$17.7M · 6 grants · 2018–2024

Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund

$11.4M · 8 grants · 2017–2023

Margaret A Cargill Foundation

$11.0M · 22 grants · 2020–2024

The Wildcat Foundation

$10.4M · 17 grants · 2020–2022

National Philanthropic Trust

$9.9M · 6 grants · 2017–2023

The Rob Walton Foundation

$9.8M · 3 grants · 2022–2024

Details

EIN131740011
NTEE codeD500
Subsection03
Ruling date1939-02
Formed1895
Employees2998
Volunteers990
WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY — Mission, Financials & Grants Received | Grantivo